Irène Joliot-Curie
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Irene Joliot-Curie receiving her Nobel Prize from King Gustaf V of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 1935.
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The 1935 Nobel Laureates at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in the Golden Hall of the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1935. From left: James Chadwick, Irène Joliot-Curie, Frédéric Joliot and Hans Spemann.
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Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie in the physics laboratory at the Radium Institute in France, 1935.
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Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie in their physics laboratory at the Radium Institute in France, 1934. At this time they were working on the projection of nuclei, which was an essential step in the discovery of the neutron.
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Marie Curie and her daughter Irène in the laboratory at the Radium Institute in Paris, France, 1921.
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Marie Curie and her daughter Irène at the Hoogstade Hospital in Belgium, 1915. Radiographic equipment is installed.
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Marie Curie and her daughters Irène and Eve sitting on a bench in the garden (1905).
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.
